Garema

20.2% of Garema's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

21 family households lived in Garema; 57.1% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Garema had 84 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in Garema.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

57.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

26.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Garema had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 24.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 9.1% had four or more usual residents.

31.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

50.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.4% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 17.9% of the total.

82.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.5% reported a different address.

10.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

91.7% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.7% of Garema's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Garema.

Australian ancestry made up 41.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 31.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

47.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.8%.

Median household income was $1,312 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,567.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $75 per week.

Working from home was 31.8% in Garema, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 57.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 15.4% in Garema, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.